| | Building strong families and emotionally healthy children and adults
through Theraplay training, treatment, advocacy, and research

The Theraplay® Institute is an international not-for-profit organization with headquarters in the Chicago area. Each year we train hundreds of mental health professionals around the world in the Theraplay method. We set and maintain standards for Theraplay treatment, and through ownership of the service mark "Theraplay®", insure that children being treated by a Theraplay therapist are receiving only high-quality care incorporating genuine Theraplay techniques. For more information click here.

Now Available!
An Introduction to Theraplay (Color, Multi-DVD Set) (2009)
Click Here to access the CE Exam (4 hours)!
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Better Relationships Through Attachment Based Play, Third Edition (2010)
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Click
here for a slide show from our recent book signing and Jernberg Award party.

Make a donation Please contribute to our training scholarship program with your donation in any amount. Select this link or send your donation to the address below. Thank you.
5th INTERNATIONAL THERAPLAY CONFERENCE July 14-15, 2011 Chicago, Illinois
Featuring keynote speakers Dr. Susan Hart, author of Brain, Attachment, Personality, and Dr. Pat Ogden from the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute!
See Slide Show from the 4th Theraplay International Conference
Introductory Theraplay & MIM
Sheffield, UK July 26-30, 2010 WAIT LIST! Helena, MT August 10-13, 2010 WAIT LIST! Ignacio, CO August 23-26, 2010 Peoria, IL September 13-16, 2010 Bedfordshire, UK September 27-30, 2010 (contact us) Birmingham, AL September 27-30, 2010 WAIT LIST! Denmark October 11-15, 2010: www.theraplay.dk WAIT LIST! Worcester, UK October 25-28, 2010 (contact us) Sacramento, CA October 26-29, 2010 Capetown, SA November 2-5, 2010 (contact us) Chicago, IL November 9-12, 2010 Chicago, IL January 13-14 AND January 27-28, 2011 Birmingham, UK February 14-17, 2011 (Contact us) Chicago, IL March 15-18, 2011 Blacksburg, VA March 29-April 1, 2011 Netherlands April 12-15, 2011 (contact us)
For further details, on-line registration, and a complete listing of upcoming training, please visit our Training Schedule.
New! Translations now available (.pdf)
Theraplay Approach Theraplay Treatment
Basic Assumptions of Theraplay Family Theraplay Overview of Theraplay Helping Parents and Children
The Theraplay Institute has partnered with the Play Therapy
Certificate Program at MidAmerica Nazarene University
in Olathe, Kansas, to offer certification track
Introductory Theraplay & MIM training for students enrolled in this
program. The course will be taught by a
certified Theraplay trainer, and graduates will be entered into our database
and eligible to enter the Theraplay supervision practicum.
The program at MNU, is one of six recognized and approved by
the Association for Play Therapy.
Students in the program already hold a masters degree and licensing in a
mental health field. For more
information: www.mnu.edu/playtherapy.
Supervision Chicago Supervision Groups now being offered. For details, click here*. Theraplay Practitioner Levels 1 and 2 status now offered. For details, click here*.
3330 Old Glenview Road, Suite 8, Wilmette, IL 60091 847/256 7334 (phone) 847/256-7370 (fax)
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